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Dowlass Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , possibly a Brit r.n . ' black stream ' ( v. dubo- , glassjo- , as in Douglas La , Dowlish D , Dulas He , etc . , cf. RN 129 ff ) , v. mos ' bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement